Sarah Palin: Statue of Liberty was “Warning” Against “Socialism”

[Swede]

There are some great replies,too.


“This Statue of Liberty was gifted to us by foreign leaders, really as a warning to us, it was a warning to us to stay unique and to stay exceptional from other countries. Certainly not to go down the path of other countries that adopted socialist policies,” Palin said to cheers from the crowd

http://firedoglake.com/2010/09/13/sarah-palin-statue-of-liberty-was-warning-against-socialism/

[aquart]

1. It was a gift from France.

Perhaps they should have sent the guillotine instead.

[Recursion]

7. Well, this was Third Republic France

Which had just obliterated the Paris Commune and put its leaders to death.

This wasn't exactly a government sympathetic to socialism.

[aquart]

40. Good point.

My French knowledge ends at St. Helena.

[Historic NY]

She really really really is a dumb ass........why does she keep getting 15 minutes?

[Historic NY]

2. She really really really is a dumb ass........why does she keep getting 15 minutes?

[SlipperySlope]

9. At this point she is like Paris Hilton

Just famous for being famous.

[Pirate Smile]

11. We know it but she always manages to raise the "I'm a total ignorant dumb ass" quotient to

a new level. It's quite impressive. It's hard to know how she'll top it but I know she will AND I will, once again, be surprised and amazed by it even though I know I shouldn't be.

[KamaAina]

3. Sarah, for 500 points and the win, what country gave us the Statue of Liberty?

(tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock) "Uh, is it Russia? 'Cause I can see that from my house, y'know".

Bzzzzzzzzzzt! "I'm so sorry, Sarah. The correct answer is France, where the Socialist Party is the official opposition, and socialist features like a 35-hour work week and 60-year retirement age are commonplace. But thanks for playing, and I'm sure you'll enjoy this complimentary copy of our home game."

[peekaloo]

31. Now be fair. She'd win easily on

"Are you taller than a 5th Grader"

:dunce:

[Kali]

4. fucking pinhead

go away, quitter

[dkf]

5. Har har har.

Where does she get these ideas? Cuckoo.

[Divine Discontent]

8. she had to get hit by a falling brick at some point in her life, she is truly an idiot

[dkf]

14. Doesn't she know by now that everyone is laughing?

How does she get on in life?

[Divine Discontent]

17. she's gotta be delusional, and the millions in cash help. Plus the fawning of the few million

"teahadists" who think she's a saint. It's amazing how some people think folks like Beck and Palin are stand-up Americans! Just scary... Thankfully, I still believe there's more of "us", the problem, as always, is getting our side to believe our votes matter. We know they do, but I can understand how a good portion of "us" feels hopeless, but there truly is hope, always.

[nmbluesky]

6. She is really really really dumb!!!

Gift from France, huh?

[krispos42]

10. Yeah! Repeal Social Security! Repeal Medicare! Repeal the VA!

Privatize the schools! Sell the interstates to corporations! Destroy the unions! That's improve everybody's lot in life!!!

FREEDOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!

[Hekate]

12. Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free...

Right. That's why Emma Lazarus' poem was chosen for the pedestal.

To quote Keith O: That woman is an idiot.

Hekate


The New Colossus

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

Emma Lazarus, 1883

[tanyev]

33. They must have left off the last line: "Stay exceptional, ya'll!"

[Whoa_Nelly]

13. WHy does Sarah Palin hate America?

The fact: The statue was a gift to America from the French in honor of the
Centennial of American independence. It is one of the most universal symbols of
political freedom and democracy.

Our nation is now officially dumb and dumber dumbed down. :eyes:

[athenasatanjesus]

15. I thought it was built to protect us against mongol hordes? nt

[EmilyKent]

16. In 1883?

[Recursion]

25. A decade after the French government killed a whole bunch of socialists in Paris

Just sayin'

[EFerrari]

18. Someone needs to put up the site, "How Stupid IS Sarah Palin?" n/t

[SmileyRose]

22. here's one that's pretty close

http://sarahpalinisanidiot.blogspot.com/

You gotta see her profile

http://www.blogger.com/profile/08767304171720391761

[EFerrari]

24. That's really good.

Thanks!

lol

:hi:

[nadinbrzezinski]

19. History is... lacking

I see, AGAIN.

Idiocracy was a documentary

[JVS]

20. Yeah, they built it to warn of the Petroleuses of the Paris Commune.

:eyes:

[Amonester]

21. And to think millions (?) dream of voting for that ugly clown as...

POTUS as soon as her name will be printed on a hacked screen...

This species has run its course.

[Swamp Rat]

23. Sarah Palin is officially America's Village Idiot, finally beating out this guy:

[TBF]

30. She gives this one a run for his money as well -

[no_hypocrisy]

26. No concept that Jews were escaping from the Tsar and his Cossacks,

not Lenin's Revolution.

[Hubert Flottz]

27. Sarah gets one day older and two days dumber...

A REAL living doll...stuffed body empty head!

[sendero]

28. And Tina Fey..

... was a warning against idiot politicians.

[ck4829]

29. Other countries are also capitalist, so...

[mfcorey1]

32. She still is a penny waiting for change. n/t

[deminks]

34. I am bookmarking this. because I have never heard of anything so stupid in my life. nt

[marmar]

35. Posterchild for dumbed-down America.

[tanyev]

36. Sarah Palin, valedictorian, Glenn Beck University Class of 2011.

[Javaman]

37. She's brain dead and functioning only due to celebrity life support. nt

[lunatica]

38. I guess France isn't a Socialist country then

Does this woman ever say anything that's right? Anything?

[MilesColtrane]

39. She's nothing more than a coiffed, grunting brain stem.

[TheMuse]

41. Sarah Palin is a warning against Ignorance

Will we listen?

[Lucian]

42. She's a disgusting waste of organic matter.

She has nothing going for her, yet stupid fucking people eat up every word she says.

[alp227]

43. You know why Texas wanted to politicise its history standards?

So that fools like Palin could get away with talking BS like this.